_qceenmother:

            She wanted to push him off the bifrost, or give him back to those
            who were looking for him. She was queen now, no longer part of
            a team. People could see her as weak, or Asgard as weak. Normally
             she would have accepted, given him a free reign, but now, it was 
             her people and their safety that had to come first, she could not 
             compromise with that.

             “Three days,” she said after several long beats of silence. “I will
              give you three days, but then you will have to leave.” She would
              be steadfast in her choice, no wide eyes, no pleading. Now was
              the time for her to put aside her gentle heart.

              “And if you cause any sort of trouble, for anyone, you will be
              asked to leave on the spot.” Asgard was not a place for strays.
              Despite how many she herself had fostered. “Do you understand?”

             He wanted to say longer. It would have been
             ideal if he stayed a week to a month. That way,
             he could at least get a plan in motion. Three days,
             it wasn’t much. Not even though for him to start
             getting the basics together for what he needed
             to do.

             _{“Understood.” He wanted to protest. To be demand
             that he be given at least a week. Yet, he knew that it
             wouldn’t have worked out well for him in the long run.
             This wasn’t his domain. He had no power here. “Three
             days and i’m gone. I won’t return.” As much as the words
             pained him, it was more than likely for the best. He couldn’t
             run forever. Not when his own time was clearly running
             out, “I swear it.”}